Wilkinson C B, Reus V I
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Jun;134(6):637-41. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.6.637.
The authors present some of the criticisms that have been leveled against the federal peer review system of approving or disapproving monetary grants. They then summarize the process used by the National Institute of Mental Health's Psychiatry Education Branch to judge grant applications, focusing on the disposition of 527 applications reviewed in November 1974-January 1975. They found that the wide distribution of the reviewers by geography, subspecialty, experience, sex, and ethnicity, plus the steps taken to guard against bias and ensure fairness, were effective, refuting many of the criticisms of the group peer review process.
作者们提出了一些针对联邦同行评审系统批准或否决资金拨款的批评意见。然后，他们总结了美国国立精神卫生研究所精神病学教育分支用于评审拨款申请的流程，重点关注了1974年11月至1975年1月间评审的527份申请的处理情况。他们发现，评审人员在地域、亚专业、经验、性别和种族方面的广泛分布，以及为防止偏见和确保公平所采取的措施是有效的，这反驳了许多针对团体同行评审过程的批评。
